Number of admissions of sentenced prisoners to state or federal prisons, 1978-2015/a

Jurisdiction

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013/b

2014

2015

U.S. total

152,039

161,280

171,956

199,943

218,087

237,925

234,293

258,514

291,903

326,228

365,724

447,388

460,769

466,285

480,676

500,335

523,577

549,313

542,863

572,281

603,510

611,676

654,534

638,978

660,576

686,471

697,066

730,141

747,031

742,875

738,649

728,686

703,798

671,551

608,442

629,962

626,096

608,318

Federal

14,724

14,120

12,598

12,830

14,818

16,745

16,013

17,916

18,501

18,709

18,696

23,491

/

/

/

25,235

27,271

27,337

30,239

33,906

38,219

41,972

43,732

45,140

48,144

52,288

52,982

56,057

57,495

53,618

53,662

56,153

54,121

60,634

55,938

53,664

50,865

46,912

State

137,315

147,160

159,358

187,113

203,269

221,180

218,280

240,598

273,402

307,519

347,028

423,897

460,769

466,285

480,676

475,100

496,306

521,976

512,624

538,375

565,291

569,704

610,802

593,838

612,432

634,183

644,084

674,084

689,536

689,257

684,987

672,533

649,677

610,917

552,504

576,298

575,231

561,406

Alabama

2,572

2,597

3,766

4,025

4,425

4,605

4,701

4,370

3,962

4,543

5,101

6,510

7,031

7,683

7,967

8,454

8,287

8,692

9,465

9,301

7,492

/

6,296

7,428

7,033

9,524

8,278

9,723

10,039

10,708

11,037

13,093

11,881

11,387

11,203

11,265

10,912

10,451

Alaska/c

258

311

459

461

541

711

727

875

1,097

952

1,026

1,062

1,389

1,341

1,483

2,411

/

1,996

2,336

2,646

2,605

2,405

2,427

2,142

2,142

2,805

/

/

/

/

/

/

2,650

3,789

3,906

3,906

3,846

4,271

Arizona

1,620

1,641

2,082

2,759

2,910

3,288

3,386

3,989

4,515

5,370

5,304

6,055

6,518

7,427

7,351

8,050

9,218

8,662

9,019

9,172

10,108

9,021

9,560

10,000

11,468

11,957

11,343

12,440

13,954

14,046

14,867

14,526

13,249

13,030

12,970

13,538

14,439

14,670

Arkansas

1,958

2,189

2,311

2,419

2,323

2,173

2,179

2,301

2,280

3,152

2,831

3,517

4,255

4,553

4,580

3,818

4,345

5,248

5,158

5,705

6,189

6,045

6,941

6,977

7,080

7,132

8,035

8,053

5,992

6,651

7,017

7,383

7,603

7,059

5,782

8,987

9,435

9,351

California

11,910

15,285

14,342

17,817

21,941

26,836

28,796

37,216

48,236

59,009

72,771

86,292

94,650

95,990

93,383

98,160

104,358

115,718

122,250

131,962

134,068

130,976

129,640

126,895

124,179

125,312

123,537

129,559

138,523

139,608

140,827

129,705

118,943

96,669

34,294

38,295

38,765

34,790

Colorado

1,465

1,270

1,342

1,668

1,872

2,168

2,167

2,397

2,721

3,155

3,019

3,253

3,001

3,673

4,089

4,127

4,607

4,892

5,713

5,987

6,541

6,702

7,036

7,252

7,953

7,998

8,634

9,899

10,468

10,959

11,089

11,054

10,553

9,455

9,409

10,137

10,144

9,291

Connecticut/c

1,954

2,995

3,031

2,532

2,680

2,710

2,689

2,654

2,575

3,058

4,554

9,251

11,435

11,119

9,105

6,710

1,512

1,251

1,103

2,024

1,802

6,306

6,185

6,576

7,169

6,571

6,577

6,513

6,904

6,982

6,503

6,293

6,182

5,881

5,659

5,492

5,487

5,377

Delaware/c

641

369

398

686

727

650

532

743

797

903

915

1,075

1,008

1,122

1,209

1,168

1,128

1,272

1,442

1,720

1,853

2,624

2,709

2,417

4,294

2,212

1,648

1,422

1,546

1,899

1,494

1,550

1,583

3,031

3,017

3,142

3,349

3,146

District of Columbia

2,788

1,310

1,346

1,429

1,734

1,582

1,764

2,241

2,133

2,835

3,656

3,562

3,505

3,398

3,245

4,280

5,235

4,170

5,469

5,587

5,388

5,733

3,156

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Florida

8,371

8,526

9,711

12,864

14,144

17,087

13,064

15,671

19,877

26,321

35,053

44,206

42,789

37,010

34,405

31,993

29,538

26,016

23,950

25,387

25,308

32,225

35,683

35,064

36,500

39,500

40,386

46,531

36,295

33,552

40,860

38,050

32,786

33,399

32,265

33,613

32,014

30,431

Georgia

5,373

5,499

6,534

7,449

9,448

9,788

9,558

9,674

10,430

12,569

10,457

14,947

17,056

15,720

16,310

15,080

15,174

15,227

15,579

15,275

15,409

19,871

17,373

17,342

18,078

17,575

20,140

19,228

22,347

21,134

18,625

17,600

16,718

14,877

15,743

19,478

18,455

17,227

Hawaii/c

191

187

205

237

231

319

430

433

536

464

482

455

819

1,747

1,532

1,815

1,838

1,803

2,276

2,814

3,455

1,533

1,594

1,700

1,892

1,832

1,677

1,662

1,455

1,514

1,731

1,714

1,577

1,366

1,524

1,380

1,845

1,515

Idaho

617

598

600

742

794

858

841

854

866

898

1,054

1,158

1,117

1,382

1,432

1,745

1,628

2,352

2,513

2,316

2,621

2,307

3,386

2,699

3,049

3,168

4,392

4,075

4,129

4,055

3,867

3,857

4,301

3,531

4,568

3,719

4,597

4,092

Illinois

6,475

6,697

8,025

11,884

9,602

10,525

9,912

10,657

11,327

11,387

10,886

14,465

18,138

18,700

19,746

20,953

22,452

23,369

23,529

25,655

26,470

27,499

29,344

35,289

34,467

36,063

39,293

39,887

40,185

35,968

36,125

37,718

34,316

31,167

30,877

30,959

29,678

27,175

Indiana

2,547

2,991

3,645

4,311

4,336

4,521

4,066

4,318

4,431

4,742

5,114

5,245

5,227

5,912

6,496

6,798

7,137

8,283

8,785

9,826

10,547

10,564

11,876

13,012

14,001

15,615

16,029

16,957

17,671

17,232

18,363

19,689

18,501

18,389

18,694

18,881

17,086

16,021

Iowa

943

1,099

1,147

1,567

1,644

1,677

1,758

1,964

2,117

2,303

2,479

2,818

2,855

2,708

3,034

3,120

3,403

3,414

3,482

3,729

4,079

3,858

4,656

4,826

5,516

5,545

4,364

6,397

6,565

5,706

5,592

4,376

4,939

4,709

4,877

5,159

5,153

5,120

Kansas

1,609

1,555

1,628

1,823

2,208

2,280

2,071

2,181

2,322

2,484

2,889

3,276

3,568

3,429

3,669

3,828

3,999

4,105

4,232

4,167

4,509

4,890

5,002

4,502

4,881

4,605

4,519

4,892

5,063

4,849

4,506

4,816

4,962

4,954

5,060

5,220

5,135

5,884

Kentucky

2,465

2,665

2,888

3,236

3,072

3,594

2,822

3,034

3,126

2,838

3,902

4,351

4,616

5,026

5,735

5,702

6,562

6,860

7,568

8,123

7,901

6,867

8,116

7,450

8,731

9,595

13,009

13,324

14,051

15,359

14,273

14,033

14,674

15,479

15,399

15,834

18,385

19,356

Louisiana

2,438

2,170

3,050

2,886

3,798

4,440

4,224

3,845

4,395

5,992

5,611

6,655

7,432

8,281

10,279

11,883

12,212

12,781

14,063

15,592

16,948

15,981

15,735

15,667

15,079

15,353

15,512

14,801

15,067

14,548

15,854

14,940

17,191

16,161

17,325

16,770

16,376

15,746

Maine

426

472

490

444

550

604

474

497

599

684

620

955

881

903

822

749

771

705

795

818

762

731

751

820

1,026

931

655

521

609

1,111

756

856

1,007

921

846

929

774

845

Maryland

4,336

4,453

4,526

5,189

4,596

4,382

4,008

3,937

4,366

4,801

5,535

7,289

8,061

8,430

9,019

8,669

9,426

9,568

9,599

10,279

10,967

10,987

10,327

10,399

10,027

10,170

10,330

10,113

10,295

10,716

10,396

9,959

9,828

9,811

9,396

9,223

9,223

9,837

Massachusetts

1,331

1,349

1,483

1,845

2,149

2,079

2,285

2,476

2,617

3,078

3,314

3,943

4,224

4,241

4,509

3,526

4,631

3,458

3,084

3,037

2,836

2,373

2,062

2,215

1,833

2,185

2,278

2,597

2,686

2,670

2,988

2,789

2,806

2,856

2,635

2,567

2,526

2,214

Michigan

6,285

5,501

5,488

5,341

5,588

5,931

6,494

7,060

7,621

8,523

10,555

12,683

12,431

12,610

12,981

11,308

11,143

11,736

12,707

12,892

13,358

12,075

12,169

13,105

14,411

12,659

13,248

13,145

14,643

13,330

12,201

14,955

15,668

13,165

13,888

14,417

13,834

12,982

Minnesota

1,342

1,367

1,117

1,265

1,501

1,468

1,485

1,616

1,638

1,797

2,160

2,384

2,363

2,551

2,909

3,035

3,140

3,322

3,304

3,597

4,307

4,557

4,406

4,620

5,265

5,914

6,604

7,112

7,253

7,856

7,555

7,361

6,989

7,214

7,412

7,687

7,866

8,057

Mississippi

1,256

2,365

1,880

2,804

3,047

2,762

2,846

2,837

2,907

2,936

3,106

3,554

3,725

3,854

4,434

4,727

4,321

5,042

5,428

5,612

6,626

5,859

5,796

6,880

5,655

8,455

9,187

8,923

9,918

9,749

7,908

8,348

8,381

8,410

8,559

8,105

6,570

6,461

Missouri

2,565

2,549

3,019

3,302

3,482

3,748

4,031

4,502

5,043

5,722

6,701

8,727

8,148

8,753

8,867

9,205

10,481

10,968

12,208

12,576

12,900

13,526

14,454

15,183

16,637

17,151

18,281

19,110

18,429

18,300

18,611

18,216

17,740

17,979

18,216

18,983

19,000

18,208

Montana

459

388

393

518

497

431

504

520

534

584

533

603

633

609

652

676

838

839

1,004

1,164

1,254

1,277

1,202

1,472

1,510

1,910

2,182

2,390

2,304

2,055

2,253

2,295

2,263

2,063

2,020

2,382

2,448

2,394

Nebraska

537

495

810

947

668

586

610

686

788

808

1,042

1,231

1,235

1,392

1,398

1,457

1,595

1,643

1,705

1,632

1,771

1,603

1,688

1,783

1,934

1,959

2,085

2,264

1,939

2,076

2,059

2,101

2,232

2,410

2,761

2,922

2,705

2,283

Nevada

829

924

1,052

1,152

1,387

1,465

1,426

1,702

2,042

1,963

2,505

3,023

3,082

3,120

3,174

3,134

3,652

3,833

4,230

4,533

4,773

4,479

4,929

4,639

4,844

4,865

6,548

5,648

6,108

6,375

4,610

5,409

5,554

5,545

4,929

4,929

5,876

6,368

New Hampshire

213

205

211

271

267

266

285

330

396

427

509

567

667

813

904

941

1,038

954

981

1,024

987

1,067

1,051

1,171

1,113

1,139

1,099

1,271

1,312

1,290

/

1,416

1,384

1,616

1,696

1,659

1,611

1,578

New Jersey

3,647

3,680

3,863

4,330

4,521

5,996

5,317

5,841

5,940

7,116

7,578

9,601

10,523

11,827

12,324

12,524

13,076

14,904

14,999

16,211

16,801

15,106

13,653

14,422

14,576

14,398

13,886

14,251

13,980

13,791

13,002

12,251

12,409

10,110

9,976

9,802

9,257

9,028

New Mexico

742

775

636

1,121

1,007

1,306

1,473

1,730

1,782

1,593

2,024

1,981

1,885

1,596

2,195

2,263

2,251

2,296

2,795

2,976

2,303

1,826

3,161

2,545

2,017

4,160

4,279

4,264

4,337

4,146

4,092

5,650

4,135

3,491

3,580

3,567

3,798

3,994

New York

8,482

9,021

9,715

12,160

12,123

14,141

14,149

14,647

18,200

19,138

22,245

26,968

28,447

27,614

29,803

31,422

29,851

30,947

29,563

27,737

27,211

28,181

27,601

25,473

26,216

26,040

24,664

24,199

25,710

26,291

25,302

24,058

23,377

23,257

23,065

22,740

21,572

20,667

North Carolina

6,640

7,885

7,604

8,677

8,864

8,474

8,541

8,837

9,192

10,218

12,132

15,307

17,995

21,416

24,630

25,372

23,651

19,527

14,180

12,172

11,292

10,198

9,848

9,433

9,423

9,494

10,411

10,454

10,594

10,834

11,825

12,171

11,964

11,523

12,098

14,077

16,016

16,319

North Dakota

152

148

193

208

249

310

240

241

294

313

304

336

362

336

308

350

400

472

580

584

764

715

605

747

768

992

1,008

1,088

1,101

1,028

1,085

1,042

1,008

950

1,160

1,222

1,142

1,569

Ohio

7,085

8,079

9,233

10,439

11,108

10,940

10,460

10,986

11,538

12,003

13,778

18,080

18,989

21,873

23,243

22,408

23,312

22,666

21,708

20,133

20,630

21,302

23,780

24,399

25,689

26,506

28,196

29,121

31,866

30,808

29,510

26,864

24,599

22,150

21,529

21,998

22,189

22,473

Oklahoma

2,210

2,760

2,532

2,733

3,497

4,036

4,018

4,071

4,642

5,203

5,668

6,583

6,069

5,947

6,841

6,625

6,677

7,213

7,092

7,393

7,181

7,635

7,426

7,872

8,269

8,139

9,003

8,756

8,508

8,795

7,935

8,120

8,021

7,456

7,697

8,019

10,095

9,734

Oregon

1,932

2,261

2,163

2,101

2,370

2,607

2,864

2,974

3,431

3,916

4,118

4,705

5,874

6,091

4,443

3,524

3,025

3,572

3,637

3,202

3,637

4,015

4,059

4,473

5,041

5,095

5,378

6,436

5,484

5,331

5,395

5,950

5,455

5,313

5,376

5,532

5,330

5,212

Pennsylvania

3,247

3,319

3,930

4,850

5,021

5,345

5,625

5,755

5,862

5,940

6,730

8,474

8,725

9,299

9,754

9,657

11,146

10,750

9,715

9,359

10,505

11,082

11,777

12,811

13,401

14,039

14,319

16,222

17,106

17,666

17,493

16,914

16,662

18,175

18,492

20,455

20,084

20,113

Rhode Island/c

228

256

303

324

404

489

420

481

501

410

631

735

804

783

776

817

888

846

1,002

971

971

6,238

3,701

3,506

3,760

3,881

755

911

876

1,120

1,090

959

938

850

868

810

821

623

South Carolina

3,117

3,492

3,942

4,105

4,035

3,922

4,357

4,755

5,401

5,533

5,662

6,512

6,720

6,883

8,038

8,073

7,778

8,154

8,183

8,173

8,866

8,261

8,460

9,218

9,834

9,934

9,850

9,446

9,597

9,912

9,650

9,352

8,049

7,323

6,802

6,431

6,283

6,156

South Dakota

335

326

376

395

469

525

587

618

728

666

645

808

842

751

838

797

855

964

1,134

1,159

1,328

1,395

1,400

1,556

1,819

1,915

2,304

2,664

2,429

3,227

3,116

3,170

2,843

2,820

1,986

1,842

2,266

2,623

Tennessee

2,818

3,190

3,326

4,242

3,752

4,143

4,541

4,641

3,661

2,714

2,182

4,563

4,775

6,262

6,648

6,578

6,444

6,966

8,201

9,201

8,691

13,597

13,675

14,295

15,022

13,059

13,149

14,251

13,655

14,535

14,196

13,783

13,806

14,283

13,922

13,803

14,987

13,536

Texas

12,594

13,357

15,349

16,712

21,034

22,828

23,419

26,728

32,632

34,369

34,446

36,698

45,653

37,795

39,840

29,916

44,849

55,424

38,716

44,417

59,340

56,361

84,356

61,276

63,446

69,921

66,883

71,889

71,927

72,525

73,490

71,489

73,965

73,444

75,378

76,488

75,571

74,851

Utah

391

430

478

684

682

738

995

899

940

886

1,061

1,348

1,450

1,598

1,660

1,919

1,982

2,393

2,579

2,831

3,069

3,035

3,270

2,864

3,064

3,301

3,275

3,600

3,532

3,466

3,394

3,583

3,377

3,258

3,142

3,094

2,922

2,803

Vermont/c

263

225

354

368

294

250

340

387

390

420

462

493

633

387

412

436

423

526

742

952

728

807

984

972

1,785

1,987

2,208

2,257

2,340

2,362

2,273

2,106

2,079

2,044

1,912

1,858

1,715

1,715

Virginia

3,229

3,567

3,521

3,910

5,795

5,233

4,781

5,073

5,796

6,346

6,944

9,140

10,035

12,494

13,213

12,469

12,591

11,490

9,823

10,928

10,152

8,240

9,791

11,310

11,310

11,700

11,645

11,989

12,834

13,973

13,625

12,631

12,221

11,140

11,727

11,636

12,237

11,762

Washington

2,249

2,008

2,070

2,415

2,419

2,463

2,317

2,513

2,426

2,500

2,977

3,956

4,446

4,758

5,321

5,281

5,603

6,021

6,330

6,605

7,012

6,795

7,094

7,185

8,305

9,034

11,894

12,683

15,540

16,478

15,070

17,074

17,084

16,335

18,232

21,426

20,797

21,824

West Virginia

414

553

596

814

789

902

838

864

614

745

646

851

786

685

574

842

856

1,107

1,044

1,065

1,440

1,308

1,577

1,783

2,161

2,097

2,267

2,600

2,830

3,333

3,127

3,204

3,288

3,404

3,525

3,573

3,544

3,879

Wisconsin

1,541

1,539

1,948

2,341

2,304

2,649

2,528

2,589

2,791

2,868

2,775

3,252

3,440

3,968

4,696

5,814

6,433

6,943

7,019

7,471

8,785

8,868

8,396

7,442

7,990

8,000

8,071

7,774

8,703

8,592

7,571

7,245

7,107

6,411

6,200

7,343

6,134

6,442

Wyoming

225

267

247

311

370

349

335

388

347

324

336

394

457

425

400

491

546

616

605

683

751

798

638

731

769

791

769

772

837

746

779

815

829

857

907

1,004

937

942

Note: Jurisdiction refers to the legal authority of state or federal correctional officials over a prisoner regardless of where the prisoner is held. State methods of enumeration may change over time. Consult the state notes for particular years to ensure parity between years and jurisdictions. As of December 31, 2001, sentenced felons from the District of Columbia are the responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

a/Counts based on prisoners with sentences of more than 1 year under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional officials. Counts exclude transfers, escapes, and those absent without leave (AWOL). Counts include other conditional release violators, returns from appeal or bond, and other admissions.

b/BJS used 2012 counts for Alaska admissions in 2013 because of inconsistent reporting methods from earlier years.

c/Prisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison populations.